DOUBLE LIVES

Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives.

Olivier Assayas (1955) is a French film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the French National School of Fine Arts. He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short films and writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma. His first film Disorder which won an award at the Festival in Venice, established him as one of the most significant filmmakers of his generation.

(… Film) begins as a talky study of the Parisian intelligentsia, then gradually tightens its emotional grip. There are chuckles and even guffaws throughout, though the comedy is streaked with despair, and also great tenderness. It’s the latest evidence of the director’s gift for tackling grave subjects with the lightest of touches; the film flows airily along, then knocks you off-balance with the weight of its insights and implications.

Jon Frosch, Hollywood Reporter